Unscramble CAPTIVES to get 221 words. CAPTIVES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. CAPTIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CAPTIVES split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CAPTIVES, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. SPACE, VISTA and TAPES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTIVES; 8 of them share the top score of 9. CASE, SAVE and PAST are everyday picks.
PAV and VAC share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTIVES. ITS, ACT and CAT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CAPTIVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of CAPTIVES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CAPTIVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 189 | 221 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
32 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIVES, VESPA, CIVE, PAVS, SATIVE, SCAPI, AVISE, CAPI, PAV, STIVE, VITAS, PIETS and 20 more. 12 of the 221 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PACIEST, VAPES, SPECT, STEVIA, VAPE, ETICS, SEV, PST, TEC, ATS, EST and TE.
This word takes every letter of CAPTIVES plus a single extra one.